Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, (born December 13, 1970, Kirchdorf an der Krems?, Austria), Austrian mountain climber, one of the first women to climb all 14 of the world’s peaks 26,250 feet (8,000 metres) and higher and the first woman to do so without using supplemental oxygen-breathing apparatus.

Kaltenbrunner grew up in the small resort community of Spital am Pyhrn, nestled in the Alps of central Austria. As a child, she became an accomplished skier, but she gradually became more interested in trekking in the mountains near her home. Her first climbing expedition was at the age of 13, when she ascended Sturzhahn (6,654 feet ... (100 of 676 words)